Kathmandu, April 3: Stakeholders emphasized climate-friendly development is need of hour. In a programme jointly organized by Professional Development and Research Centre, Martin Chautari and Nepal Bouddha Amdekar Mahasabha, expert on inclusive development, Chetnath Kandel, said destruction was on rise in the name of development of late, which is harmful to environment.
“We experienced destructive development for nearly a decade. We failed to underscore environment-friendly development,” Kandel said, warning that if we do not take into account climate related aspects while undertaking developmental endeavors, crisis is not far.
Criticizing that development activity in Nepal lacked inclusion and proper planning, Kandel highlighted the need to end this trend.
General people experienced development with the expansion of road network in every district, but mere physical development is not human development, according to him.
On the occasion, development journalist KP Dhungana spoke of the need to empower local level to effectively execute development programmes. “We had expected to witness changes with the enforcement of federalism but development is not gaining momentum as expected,” he bemoaned, calling for adopting the development model that harnesses human resources as in Thailand.Slamming that development in Nepal was moving ahead at a snail’s pace, he viewed development works should be accelerated by taking into account environmental aspects.
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